Joe trputec



J. TRPUTE'C.

SHIP'S FURNHURE.

APPLICATION man OCT- s. 1919.

1,324,767; K r J Patented Dec. 9,1919.

JOE rnrurno, or Nonnrsrown, PENNSYL ANIA.

SHIPS FURNITURE.

Application filed October 6, 1919. Serial No. 328,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J on TRPUTEC, citizen of Austria, and residing at Norristown, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ships Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ships furniture,

and has for its object the provision of means whereby tables, chairs, cots, beds and other articles of furniture may retain their level positions notwithstanding rolling of the vessel in which they may be installed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully described, the novel features being particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein corresponding numerals are used in the different views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying the invention; and

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ platforms 1 which are spaced above the floor of a stateroom, cabin or other room of the ship and suspended from the ceiling of the room in such a manner that they will remain level at all times. Upon the platform or platforms I rigidly secure the difi'erent articles of furniture, such as beds 2, tables 3, chairs 4, etc. Fixed in any convenient or preferred manner to the ceiling 5 is a hanger consisting of a pair of links 6, between the lower ends of which is pivoted, by a bolt 7 one member 8, of a substantially triangular frame, the remaining members of said frame being a bar 9 secured rigidly to the upper end of the bar 8, and passing between the links 6, and a third bar 10, secured to the bar 9, and depending therefrom to a point below the links. To the lower end of the bar 10 I rigidly secure a beam 11, which is disposed parallel with the pivot bolt 7 and at a right angle to the plane of the bars 8, 9 and 10. To the ends of the beam 11, I pivot, by bolts 12, the bars 13, which rise from the beam and have their upper ends secured rigidly to bars 14 which extend downwardly and outwardly and have their lower outer ends secured rigidly to bars 15, which extend downwardly and inwardly and have their lower ends secured to the platforms, so as to carry the same. It will be readily noted that the pivots 12 are disposed at right angles to the pivot 7, so that the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

lower frames will oscillate in a plane intersecting the plane in which the upper frame oscillates.

The apparatus may be arranged so that the beam llwill extend fore and aft or from side to side according to the dimensions of the room and it will be readily understood that the rolling of the vessel in any direction will be accommodated. Assuming the beam 11 to be arranged fore and aft, should the bow or stern of the vessel rise the beam will be correspondingly inclined endwise, but the triangular suspending frames, weighted by the platforms and articles of furniture thereon, will swing about their pivots 12 so that the platforms will remain level. Should one side of the vessel rise, the frame consisting of the bars 8, 9 and 10 will swing about the pivot 7, and if the motion of the vessel should be a compound of the side and,

the fore and aft rolling all the suspending frames will swing about their respective pivots and the platforms will remain level under all conditions.

When the vessel is in dock, or in quiet waters, where there is no rolling, props 16 may be employed to hold the platforms steady as passengers or other persons walk thereon. These props are hinged to the under sides of the platforms and are normally held raised by ropes 17 passing from the props up through the platforms and secured to cleats 18. When the ropes are released the props will swing down as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 to bear against floor'19, of the room and support the platforms firmly.

It will be noted that the suspending frames rise from their respective pivots and then pass around and below the pivots, the terminals of the frame being approximately in the same vertical plane, so that in all positions of the frames, parts thereof will be at opposite sides of the pivots and the frames will be sufliciently counterbalanced to swing smoothly and to quickly come to rest when the vessel is not rolling.

Having thus fully described my invention what I chtim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An apparatus for the purpose set forth, comprising a link fixedly secured to a permanent' part of a vessel and depending therefrom, a substantially triangular suspending frame having one arm pivoted to the lower end of the link, a beam secured to the lower extremity of said frame and disposed at right angles thereto similar suspending frames pivoted to the ends of the said beam, and platforms carried by said 5 last mentioned frames.

2. An apparatus for the purpose set forth, comprising a link fixedly secured to a permanent part of a vessel and depending therefrom a substantially triangular suspending frame having one arm pivoted to the lower end of the link, a beam secured to the lower extremity of said frame, and suspending frames carrying platforms pivoted to the ends of said beam.

JOE TRPUTEC. 

